General Information
During the year 2000 D J Clark built a visual record of the Lancaster &
Morecambe district using photographs and information submitted by those that
feature in the pictures. The project was conducted in association with Lancaster
Museum and has been archived for future generations to look back at the district
at the turn of the new Millennium. For more information on the project visit
the information page. If you find a caption is
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J Clark.
Date:
August 22nd 2000
Location: Midland Hotel Morecambe
Prom
Photographer's Diary
The Midland Hotel
In the afternoon I went down to the Midland Hotel in Morecambe. It was falling
to bits, with the shame of the food licence being taken away just a few weeks
earlier by health and safety who deemed the kitchens to be unsafe. The current
manager, a young man called Mark Smith, told me he worked 8 am to 11 PM, I'm
not sure why but he was unhappy with the owners and keen for me to take pictures
of the poor state of ill repair"I know very little about this place"
he told me. "I'm the last one to know anything around here".
He let me roam, and I did but most doors were locked. I found the roof gave
great views of the prom and an obvious but secure picture of the jetty. I left
after half an hour and said I would return the next day when a room would be
free to take pictures of.